[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Pages 27200-27201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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             AGREEMENT WITH CANADA ON PACIFIC HAKE/WHITING

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        CONVENTION STRENGTHENING INTER-AMERICAN TUNA COMMISSION

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    CONVENTION CONCERNING MIGRATORY FISH STOCK IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to executive 
session to consider the following treaties on today's executive 
calendar: Nos. 4, 6 and 7. I further ask unanimous consent that the 
treaties be considered as having passed through their various 
parliamentary stages up to and including the presentation of the 
resolutions of ratification; that any committee conditions, 
declarations, or reservations be agreed to as applicable; that any 
statements be inserted in the Record as if read; and that the Senate 
take one vote on the resolutions of ratification to be considered as 
separate votes; further, that when the resolutions of ratification are 
voted upon, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, the 
President be notified of the Senate's action; and that following 
disposition of the treaties the Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. I ask for a division vote on the resolutions of 
ratification.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division vote is requested. Senators in 
favor of the resolutions of ratification please stand and be counted.
  Those opposed to the resolutions of ratification please stand and be 
counted.
  On this vote, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the 
affirmative, the resolutions of ratification are agreed to.
  The resolutions of ratification agreed to are as follows:

   Agreement With Canada on Pacific Hake/Whiting (Treaty Doc. 108-24)

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advises and consents to the 
     ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of Canada on 
     Pacific Hake/Whiting, done at Seattle, November 21, 2003 
     (Treaty Doc. 108-24).

 Convention Strengthening Inter-American Tuna Commission (Treaty Doc. 
                                 109-2)

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advises and consents to the 
     ratification of the Convention for the Strengthening of the 
     Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Established by the 
     1949 Convention Between the United States of America and the 
     Republic of Costa Rica, with Annexes, adopted on June 27, 
     2003, in Antigua, Guatemala, and signed by the United States 
     on November 14, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 109-2).

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Convention Concerning Migratory Fish Stock in the Pacific Ocean (Treaty 
                              Doc. 109-1)

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advises and consents to the 
     ratification of the Convention on the Conservation and 
     Management of the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western 
     and Central Pacific Ocean, with Annexes, adopted at Honolulu 
     on September 5, 2000, by the Multilateral High Level 
     Conference on the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western 
     and Central Pacific Ocean, and signed by the United States on 
     that date (Treaty Doc. 109-1).

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